Seattle Bubble

I was enjoying some classic Perfect Strangers on DVD over the weekend, and this clip from the premier episode seemed pertinent:

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Are you a first-time reader that saw me (Tim Ellis) on KING 5 Evening Magazine this evening? If so, welcome to Seattle Bubble.
First let me say that while I am flattered that John Curley and Jim Dever referred to me as a “real estate guru,” that is not a title that I have ever [...]

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If you’re viewing this blog for the first time today because you saw me (Tim Ellis) on KING 5 News tonight, I’d like to take a moment to welcome you. Seattle Bubble is the Seattle area’s #1 resource for news, analysis, commentary, and community discussion on the local real estate market. This community [...]

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Here’s a great video by a real estate agent over in Virginia that lays out the plain and simple truth to home sellers in today’s market:

And if the video wasn’t entertaining enough for you, check out some of the reaction among other blogging real estate agents around the country. Most of the agents in [...]

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Here’s a video piece that aired this weekend on King 5 Up Front with Robert Mak where he poses some questions about Seattle’s housing market:
More homes for sale, prices going down… Is it a good time to buy?
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Where’s the bottom? And just how long might the slowdown last?
Unfortunately, to find the answers to [...]

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By now most of you have probably already seen the Today Show video from last week in which financial entertainer Jim Cramer stated the following:
Don’t you dare buy a home now. You will lose money.
Of course, real estate salespeople across the country were outraged by this, and pretty much immediately flew into frenzied attack [...]

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